listeriosis

What does listeriosis mean?

listeriosis means "an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes; in sheep and cattle the infection frequently involves the central nervous system and causes various neurological symptoms".

How many syllables are in listeriosis?

listeriosis has 5 syllables and divides as li-ste-ri-o-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for listeriosis?

Close synonyms include listeria meningitis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is listeriosis a common word?

listeriosis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for listeriosis come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.